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Understanding camera position and depth in a winter landscape shot

Understanding camera position and depth in a winter landscape shot

From the course: Travel Photography: Mountains and Snow Landscapes

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Understanding camera position and depth in a winter landscape shot

Would you look at this? I mean, really, what more do you need when you're out shooting? I've got these incredible total and line plays here between the rock and the snow. The white against the gray of the rock and this wonderful line that its shadow makes, but these two white trees in the distance are really the kicker part of this image, so, let me show you what I'm thinking here. I'm focusing on the rock. I'm shooting at F8 to get deep depth of field. I'm trying to frame the whole tree. So, that's pretty good. I'd rather not have those trees over there, so I'm going to step this way. And, you know, this is one where again, I'm, I'm pre-visualizing. I think this might be a really weird crop. I think this might be a tall, skinny frame. But I'm not sure so I'm padding in different ways. I'm trying to get the composition right in frame and I'm also giving myself room to crop by zooming out, and, and padding the shot. But there's something else that I want to do here. And this is basic…

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